Glove-fastener



(No Model.) I

F. E. HALL.

GLOVE FASTENBR. No. 490,627. Patented Jan. 24, 1893;

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SEEGIFIOATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 490,627, dated January24, 1893.

Serial No. 868,302. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK E. HALL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newton, in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth ofMassachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inGlove-Fasteners, of which the following is a full specification.

My invention relates especially to the button hole member of a fastenerfor gloves and other articles, the fastener being of the class whereinthe button and button hole members, one of which is resilient, areplaced one on each flap of the glove or other article, and are adaptedto spring together in the manner common to such fasteners.

Referring to the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a sectional Viewshowing the relative position of the material and the two main parts ofthe button hole member of the fastening before being clinched togetherthrough the said material. Fig. 2 shows in section the complete buttonhole member. Fig. 3 shows in elevation a button member adapted to engagewith my improved button hole member, and Fig. 4 shows in section partsof the fastener detached.

The button hole member of my fastener is sentout to the glovemanufacturer in two parts as shown above and below the material inFig. 1. The part above the material I call Of these, the part that restsabove the material 1'. e. the cap, consists of a dome or cover A, thelower edge of which is clinched under and around the flange e of theclinching eyelet E, the body of which eyelet projects downward. Betweenthe pieces A and E is preferablyinterposed the filling F. v

The second part of the button hole member, or that which is passed upthrough the material from below, consists preferably as shown of threepieces B O and D. B and D can be made in one piece however. Of these 13is the stud clasping socket, O the anvil plate and D the retainingpiece. The flange b of the socket B is turned in around and over theretaining piece D, the anvil 0 being first put in place, the arrangementbeing such as to form the recess K, Fig. 1. The chamber portion of thesocket B is of such a size as to fit the mouth of the clinching eyelet,the lower edge of which is sharp so that when the two parts are pressedtogether between suitably shaped dies through the leather or material Gof the article to which the button hole member is to be secured, thesharp mouth of the clinching eyelet E passing down over the socket B, isintended to automatically shear or cut out a piece G from the material Gthereby making a hole of the proper size to allow the socket to passthrough. It has commonly been necessary to employ a separate punch tomake a hole in the material before the fastener parts can be attachedthereto. The socket B has a covered top rounded over as shown to aid incutting out the hole in the material more smoothly. The socket B havingentered the eyelet E in the process of clinching, the parts are pressedfirmly together and the mouth E of the clinching eyelet, entering therecess K of the socket, is turned on the anvil plate 0 and pressedoutward and clinched in the said recess K, thus holding the parts firmlytogether and to the material. The socket B has a contracted mouth at thebottom thereof to engage with the rolled in neck of the stud of thebutton member. As shown in the drawings the socket is unresilient beingadapted to engage with a resilient or spring stud L attached to theopposite flap H of the glove or other article to that on which ismounted the button hole member.

I do not limit myself, however, to the use of an unresilient socket, asthe socket may be made resilient in a variety of ways, as by cuts orslits therein, and the construction of the button hole member remainsotherwise the same.

I claim:-

1. The button hole member of a fastener for gloves and other articlesconsisting of a cover A provided with a downwardly projecting flangedclinching eyelet E held therein, in combination with a flanged studclasping socket B having a rolled-in clasping neck and having a coveredrounded head, an anvil piece 0 and a retaining piece D, said anvil andretaining pieces being held within the flange of the socket forming therecess K, all constructed and arranged in a manner whereby the clinchingeyelets coacts with the rounded head of the socket to automaticallyshear a hole through the material to which the button hole member issecured, substantially as described.

2. The button hole member of a fastener for gloves and other articlesconsisting of a cover provided with a downwardly projecting flangedclinching eyelet h avin g a cutting edge in combination with a roundedcovered studl'eeeiving flanged socket having a rolled-in :0 claspingneck and coaching with the eyelet to automatically shear a hole throughthe glove or other material, said socket being provided with eyeletclinching and retaining portions, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my 15 hand.

FRANK E. HALL. Vitnesses:

ALBERT E. LEACH, E. H. GILMAN.

